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and not without Encouragement, when the best Commanders lead the Way, and where the first Attempts carry the Face of Victory. We fhall first premife:

Credibility of their Affertions we won't pretend to vouch) the latter whereof finds two Regions of 'em, one on the River Thefnodoon, (those we fuppofe which came to Troy) the other on the Caspian Sea. That Divine Providence ( acWe won't bring either Pliny or cording to the Schools) is the Claudian, or Homer, or Hero- Reafon of Order to fome End. dotus, all whom we esteem 'Twou'd be too large a Difmuch of equal Credit, to con- course, to fhow, how the Profirm their Existence: Only vidence of GOD is not in rethink it worth the While to Spect of himself; for whatever take Notice, that that Judi- is in him, is the End, and not cious and Learned Gentleman tending to the End. How the Sir Walter Rawleigh did really Meafures of Contingence and believe there was fuch a People, Neceffity fall under the Providence and seems a little difpleas'd of GOD and not of the Creathat he was not credited in his ture, How GOL SuperinRelations concerning 'em, tho' tends all things immediately, as this in the Weft-Indies. Of more to the Ratio of Order; but memodern Authors, Sir John Char-diately, as to the Execution of din mentions them near Colchis, Order. How particular Caufes Mengrelia, and thofe Parts, depend upon general ones: And which feem to be the fame de- how the Fate and Revolutions of fcrib'd thereabouts by the Ro-Kingdoms, and Particular Perman Hiftorians, particularly fons are effected. But thefe Am. Marcel. and the Life of have been learnedly treated Pompey, who came to help upon by abler Pens, and we the Albanians. fhall only fo interfere with Q. Whether the prefent Offers 'em, as to Remark, That a at a Reformation are like to prove particular Change of Provieffectual? And what are the best dence has appear'd in Their Methods to detect the vile Haunts prefent Majeities happy Acand Practices of thofe Lewd ceffion to the Crown, tince the Women called Night-Walkers? Effects do fo manifeftly evince 4. To Anfwer this, wou'd it. To pafs over his Mabe a Task adapted to the Ge- jefties late Perfonal Dangers, nius of better Pens than any and the daily Expofing his Koyof our Society to engage in: al Perlon to more, and this But fince fome Perfons of no when he might fit down with mean Quality have been pleas'd Honour enough. To wave to command our Thoughts the Thought of an Affing upon it, perhaps becaufe of the Abfence from the Partner of his publick ipreading of our Pa- Fate and Glories, and that all pers, which we cou'd with as the Charms of Reit and Satisgeneral as the Subject) we faction, are too weak to trughumbly offer what follows;gle with his great Refolves.

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bold (in a better Senfe than ence) to believe, That for this End GOD raifed him up, and defigns to act by him more than we yet fee, perhaps more than we can realonably hope

fuppreffing the mo of our Age, came Hall, on Saturday made their Order and on Sunday an really greater than

tageoufly pofted, w routed by our En almost two Third that at the Boyn Small Encouragement a Work which Hea

almost prevented our I And it appears there's a more part immediate Hand of the Profecution of

for; tho' we are naturally ex-Boyn, and much m travagant enough in our Expectations. But that which yet more reasonably induces us to this Belief, is, the Examplary Piety which perfects Their Majefties other happy Qualifications. Never had this Na-willing to join in, tion a greater Want of Two crowned Heads in't than now; Providence knew it, and by the All-wife difpofal of Caufes brought about fuch a Bleffing: Nay more, begins to mation, than every blets that Bleffing with a Com-at; for there feem municative Influence upon the fuperinduc'd Spirit, Subject. Mobile mutatur femper dinary Difpofition a cum Principe vulgus. Claud.good and great Men o When crowned Heads begin to to profecute the Affa lead the Way, 'tis an Argu- unheard-of Vigour. ment conclufive with the Sub- fign is yet laid deep ject, and obliging to Imitati- generally thought; on. Their Majefties well know ficers themselves will that Religion, fixes Crowns, after, that the lea makes happy their People, and vance on their Par renders the Sword victorious. feverely check'd. Bu And 'tis to be hoped, a Victory mifing Indications o may not be more difficult oare yet greater, whe ver the Vices of their own fignation of many Subjects, (when 'tis their In- Quality, of which tereft too) than the reftoring juitly be believ'd He the Liberties, and Peace of in this Juncture is t Christendom; 'tis already be- nefs) does actually gun in both, and we have one concert Measures ál remarkable inftance of the A-effectual Supprefling greeablenel's of both together; Grievances to the Gov in which, every one that is and publick Good, not willfully Blind, may plain-ty-Seffions is held w ly fee the Finger of GOD; Bloomsbury Court-Hou

Hicks's-Hall, by a Number of Grand Query about the prefent worthy Juftices, for the Con-Reformation, together with viction of fuch Offenders: fome Secret Occurrences (that And the like is now a Beginning to be fet up in the Liberty of Westminster. Fit Perfons are appointed, and placed in proper Diftricts all over the City and Suburbs, to take Informations, and fill up Warrants gratis, to carry to the Magiftrate to eafe him of all Trouble, which he will alfo fign gratis. Her Majefty has commanded the Officers over all the Horfe and Foot, that they keep a strict Eye upon the Souldiers and prevent the common Wickedness and Disorders amongst them. Every Body knows of the anonymous Abstract of the Laws

and Penalties.

will be communicated to us) for the Subject of another Dilcourfe: Only we fhall mention one thing more, viz. That there is a Member of one of the Four Societies of the Law, who has not been afham'd to declare publickly in a CoffeeHoufe, that all this Noife is Cheat, and a Trick of the Justices to get Money; and that he wou'd give Two Thoufand Pound for what they fhou'd get by it this Year; which is a fcandalous Untruth; for we can affure him, that there has been already feven Score Warrants granted, for which neither any Justice, nor his Clerk, have had one Farthing for Fees. And Things are fo well manag'd, that in ten Thousand Warrants, which

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And 'tis obfervable, the laft Lords Day, July 26.) that fome Perlons difaffected to the prefent Government, in contempt of the late Order for Re-perhaps may be granted before formation, went to drink Wine a Twelvemonth expires, at the Horfe-fhooe Tavern in fhall not be in the Power of Drury-Lane; being there re- the Officers themselves that fused Admittance, they went levy the Penalties, to cheat to another Houfe in the fame 5 s. Street, where they drank themfelves all fo dead-drunk, that one of them never awoke; and the Mafter of the Houfe will be profecuted according Law. There is now an Order preparing to be publish'd by my Lord Mayor, for encouraging a Reformation in the City, which will be out in fome few Days. And for a more effectual Suppreffion of Debauchery, Orders are already come forth, that Bartholemew Fair fhall be kept but three Days. We referve yet a fuller Answer to this

None of these Inftances are Secrets, but Publick Occur rences; and befides these, there will be yet found deeper Meafures on Foot, which we doubt not by the Bleffing of GOD will effectually contribute to the Peace and Piety of this Kingdom. Other Ages have acted by Halves, and play'd with Reformations, but never did any fhow fuch Readines and Practice in this Affair: Never was there a Caufe wherein Vertue, Glory, Liberty, and all that is dear to the

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Good and Great, did join to- | Vice or Vertue, (for all Words gether like the Beginnings of and Actions are included under this Reign: Never was there one of them two:) Those happier Foundations a laying therefore that wou'd not make for a happy Government: And ufe of it to a vertuous End, if we may be allow'd to judge fhew what they wou'd do, if of Effects from proper Caufes, they had Opportunities to do it we may boldly aver, That to the contrary: I leave the the Crifis of Englands Happi- Objectors themselves to make nefs is now commenc'd. the Application, and be their own Judges.

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The Second Objection is, That an Informer is a Treache rous Perfon.. -To which we eafily Anfwer, as before, That we must take our Measures from the Nature, and not the Name of Actions: But we add, That the publishing_the Abstract of the Laws and Penalties has put every Criminal into a Pofture of Defence: So that if for the Future they act contradiftinctly to the Meafures of Government, they are properly Traytors to them

Among all the Obftructions that lye in the Way of thefe new Measures, the Calummy of the Word Informer is like to be the greateft; but upon what unreafonable Grounds, we fhall foon make appear. The first Objection we meet with, is, The very Word Informer carries a Kafenefs and Odium in its Sound. To this we Anfwer, That Words are always expreffive of Actions and Things; therefore the true Eftimate of Words is taken from the Nature of Things whereof they are ex-felves; and fince fuch Actions preffive This must be granted, or all Converfe and Civil Society is destroyed. "Tis much below the Dignity of Intelligent Beings, to make no. Diitinction betwixt Names and Things. Perhaps, if the Rife of the Word Imformer were fearch'd, you'd find it as old as the first Perfecution, when the Chriftians, by Heathenish Informers loft both their Lives and Eftates, which truly was enough to entail a Curle of Ignominy upon the Name; but 'tis an ill Argument to fay, Becaufe it was once an Enemy to Vertue it may not be foto Vice. The Argument indeed lies ftronger here; either Perfons may make ufe of it for

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are. indifputably against the Peace and Welfare of the Government, all Perfons that are not Informers against such Actions, when they have Opportunities, are guilty and acceffary themselves by Misprifion. A Government may, for our better Infight in this Matter, be reprefented to a great Family where the King is the Father: Now for a Son to be in this Houfe, and over-hear the Plots and Confpiracies of fome in the Houfe against his Father's Life, the Ruine of the Eftate, firing the Premiffes, or any other Outrages which will mightily disturb, if not ruine the Family, the Informer in this Cafe may appeal to

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our Objectors against the Merit of the Title.

The Third Objection, is,That fuch an Action is Bafe and Little Anfwer: We may know an Action whether it is Bafe or not, according to its repugnancy to the Ends of a Rational Creature; but if all juft and warrantable Means to preferve Vertue, Liberty, Laws, and all that is dear to good Men, be a Baseness, then luch an Action is Bafe; but if the End of a Man be Ignominy, Ruine, and all that's abhorrent to his Nature, much good may it do thofe Persons that plead for't.

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his Reason, in their Examination.

But the best Answer to all the Objections that can be made against the Ignominy of the Word Informer, is, That thofe worthy Magiftrates who zealously elpoufe this Cause, have already manifested their Refolution to use the utmost Severity of the Law again all Perfous whatsoever who fhall opprobriously call any Perfon herein concern'd, an Informer; and accordingly have already for the faid Offence bound over fuch Persons to the General Quarter Seffions, where they have been indicted as Disturbers of the Publick Peace, and Obstructors Juftice; Fined, and bound to their Good-behaviour.

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The Fourth Objection is; That fince the Word Informer is in ill Repute by Custom and falfe Opinions, might there not be some better Way propos'da Constable, for refufing to exto reclaim the Vices and Ir-ecute a Warrant for the feizregularities complain'd of?ing of Fruit publickly expos'd To which we Anfwer: Com- to fale on the Lord's Day, mon Prudence obliges us not was the Day following, at the to cenfure what we can't a General Seffions, in open mend, especially where Au- Court, turn'd out of his Ofthority is immediately con- fice, and this not ten Days cern'd; though we doubt not fince. All the Charges incibut the Defign is fo fix'd, and dent to fuch Prosecutions at that the Profecution of thefe the King's Suit (where the modern Vices is fo much re- Statute of Maintainance canfolv'd on, that, to fhorten the not reach) as well as all oWork, and make it the easier, ther Charges hereto relating, they would gladly accept of are defray'd by those worthy better Propofals, in order to it, Societies before mentioned. if the Objector can offer fuch. We have yet met with no other Objections, and probably all others that can be rais'd, may come under fome of these Heads: which when confider

We shall here, according to our
Promifes in our former Adver-
tifements, fubjoin the short
Account of the Six Nights
Rambles fent us: and we

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